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I am Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I am also the editor of the academic journal The Latin Americanist.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Picture this scene. The Dean of Students at a top CMS school, Irwin Elementary, openly mocks a 10 year old autistic child by calling him a two year old in the hallway. The Dean of Students then gets angry, indeed very vocally angry with the parents, at the child's response to the insult, and conveniently omits what he said to provoke it. Later the principal admits in writing it happened, but dismisses it as unimportant.

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Sounds exactly the CMS I know and love: 1) Fail to supervise staff behavior. 2) Ignore complaints from parents (nanananana... I can't hear you) 3) Deny problem exists when complaint reaches high decibel level. 4) privately admit that everything that you have been denying occurred and... you are working on it. 5) Repeat, because nothing changes.